Seed-planter.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

W. E. ANGLUND.

SEED PLANTER.

APPLIOATION FILED mm: 5. 1906.

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Patented July 4t, 1905.

in m n tn n r in ECIFICATIUItil' forming; part of Letters Patent No, $94,069, dated July 4i, 19055.

Application filed lune 5,1905. Serial No. 263,817.

llie it known that l. rl innrnrr it. A nonnno, a eiti'ten of the United ii tates, residing at Altus, in the coijinty oft-l reer, Oklahoma ilerritory, have invci'ited certain new and useful lu1- priweninnls in tier-dl' lantors; and i. do doclare the 'l'ollowine' to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

lvly invention relates to improvmnents in planters for corn, cotton, and the like, and more p:n"ticularly to seed-dropping mechanism therefor.

lhe object of the invention is to improve and simplify the constrnctimi and operation of i'rmchanisms of this character, and thereby render the same more ellicient and durable in use and less expensive to mamrfactnre.

rl "itli the above and other objects in view the invcntiol'i consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrai'igeinent of parts, as will be hereinafter descril'lcd and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a hopper or seed-planter with my ii'nproved feed or dropping mechanism applied thereto. liig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a detail transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. i is a detail view showing the sliding valve and the means for adjusting the same.

.llteferring to the drawings by numeral, 1, denotes the hopper of a corn or cotton planter or similar machine, which has in its curved bottom 2 a discl'larg'e opening; 3, through which the grain passes into a shoe or drill. (Not shown.) Uoacting with the dischi'irge-opei'iing 3 is a slide-valve 4t, which is adapted to be reciprocated in a suitable guide 5 in the hopper-bottom Q and which has an adjustable valve-openinc t, which is moved into or out of register or alineinentwith the openinn" 3 as the valve or slide l: is rcciprocated. The valve-opcnine (i is preferably formed and ai'ljnsted by forn'iingr in one end of the slide at notch or recess and by providing an adiinatingr-plate T, which has an opening 8 adapted to register or alinc with the opening;-

in the end of the slide. The plate '7 is adjustably secured to the slide El, preferably by forming the same with a slot in through which a clampinwbolt or similar device 10 upon the slide aprojects, as clearly shown in l ies. i and 4t of the drawings.

The slide or valve i; is recipiw'satod by providing" upon its outer end, which extends tl'u'ough one side of the hopper, a frictionroller 11. which Dl'UjOCliF-l into and runs in an irregular cam-groove 12, formed in an enlarged portion or hub 13 upon the outer end of a shaft l%l;, which extends through the hopper above and in line with the slide or valve t. Suitable sprocket-wheels 15 1,6 or other driving elements may be provided upon the shaft 14: for the purpose of rotating the latter, which as its groovi'id portion or hub l2 revolves will cause the slide or valve 1 to be reciprocated to open and close the disclntrgeopenii'ig in the bottom of the hopper. in order to facilitate the feed of corn, cotton, or other grain or seed through the openings 3 and 6 after agitating the same within the hopper, l provide upon the shaft within the hopper an agi 'ti ll] 1-(:,\lll'1d0l 1,7, which is provided with a spiral groove or channel 18, which forms a spiral rib it). This rib 19 may be provided at suitable intervals with projections or teeth 20, which rotate between similar projections or teeth 21 upon the bottom of the hopper for the pru'pose of preventing cottonseed and the like from sticking or clinginn; together.

The construction, use, and advantages of my lllVOIltlOH will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accouipanyinn d rawings. It will be seen that when the shaft l4: rotated the seed or grain within the hopper will be agitated and fed by the cyliiuler to the discharge of the hopper and that it will be permitted to pass theretln'mig'h at each reciprocation of the slide or valve 4:. l ly adjusting the plate 7 the size of the valve-opening may be varied to permit a greater or less qual'itity of seed to be dropped by the mechai'iism.

Various changes in the :form, propin'tion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without dewn'ting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a seed-dropping mechanism, the combination of a hopper having a discharge-open ing, a slide-valve to eoact therewith, a shaft extending through said hopper, a feeding and agitating deviee upon said shaft within said hopper, a cam upon said shaft and means upon said valve to eoact with said cam whereby said valve will be reeiproeated, substantially as described.

2. In a seed-dropping mechanism. the combination of a hopper having a discharge-opening, an apertured sliding valve to coaet with said discharge-opening, means for adjusting the opening in said valve, a shaft in said hopper, a spiral agitating device upon said shaft Within the hopper, a hub upon said shaft formed with a cam-groove, and a frictionroller upon said sliding valve to eoaet with said cam-groove, substantially as described.

waoee 3. In a seed-dropping mechanism, the combination of a hopper having a discharge-opening, a guide in the bottom of said hopper, a valve-plate slidable in said guide and formed with an aperture or recess, an adjustable plate formed with an aperture to eoaet with the aperture in said valve-plate, means for adjustably securing said plates together, a shaft in said hopper, aspirally-grooved agitator upon said shaft Within the hopper, coaeting teeth upon said agitator and the bottom of said hopper, a h ub upon the outer end of said shaft formed with a eammed groove, a friction-roller upon said valve-plate to coaet with said earngroove, and means upon said shaft for rotating the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILBERT E. ANGLUND.

\Vi tnesses:

JAMES E. Cons, H. A. ARMSTRONG. 

